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Ophiopsis bellottii

Ophiopsiidae

Taxonomy
Nothosomus bellottii was named by Bassani (1886). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Besano (MCSN Milan collection), which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Ophiopsis bellottii by Woodward (1895) and de Alessandri (1910).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Nothosomus bellottii Bassani p. 37
1895Ophiopsis bellottii Woodward p. 172
1910Ophiopsis bellottii de Alessandri p. 91 figs. Pl 3, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
familyOphiopsiidaeBartram 1975
genusOphiopsis
speciesbellottii()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ophiopsis bellottii Bassani 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy Nothosomus bellottii (type locality: 149323)